satanyahu lies. the 'paper of record', mouthpiece for the cia demurs;

 

The Washington Post has hit back at Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's account of an attack on one of its photojournalists by masked settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Footage of the attack, including video shared by the Post, shows masked men beating and kicking veteran conflict reporter Heidi Levine as she lay on the ground.

Witnesses told Reuters that about 80 masked people carrying gas canisters descended on the olive harvest in Abu Falah, burning olive trees and throwing rocks at Palestinians.

Matt Murray, the newspaper's executive editor, replied on X on Friday after Netanyahu's office said the circumstances of the attack on Levine near Abu Falah were “unclear”.

Netanyahu’s office had written on X: “The facts surrounding the confrontation near Abu Falah, during which Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was allegedly assaulted, remain unclear and are under investigation.”

"To be clear: Some facts are neither in dispute nor unclear,” Murray wrote in his reply on X.

“Our photographer was clearly marked as Press. She was clearly beaten. These are not partisan or risible statements, but indisputable. We urge a thorough investigation and accountability."............more...........